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Table 3 Resistance (mean [STD dev]) identified from decay rate at each added resistance level

From: Measuring lung mechanics of expiratory tidal breathing with non-invasive breath occlusion

Subject

\(R_{\text {rs}}\) (mean [std]) cmH\(_2\)Os/L

 

None

0.4

0.8

1.2

1

0.36 [0.10]

0.52 [0.17]

0.42 [0.11]

0.43 [0.20]

2

0.16 [0.06]

0.12 [0.08]

0.15 [0.12]

0.22 [0.12]

3

0.19 [0.04]

0.28 [0.05]

0.64 [0.32]

0.66 [0.47]

4

0.35 [0.06]

0.36 [0.05]

0.52 [0.34]

0.47 [0.14]

5

0.70 [0.47]

1.40 [0.72]

1.20 [0.61]

2.72 [2.97]

6

0.34 [0.08]

0.41 [0.11]

0.27 [0.10]

0.65 [0.37]

7

0.18 [0.07]

0.24 [0.10]

0.16 [0.05]

0.22 [0.08]

8

0.45 [0.16]

0.20 [0.45]

0.33 [0.08]

0.41 [0.24]

9

− 12.45 [32.65]

− 2.81 [10.44]

1.48 [1.20]

− 1.19 [2.82]

10

0.55 [0.23]

0.42 [0.12]

0.27 [0.07]

0.52 [0.20]

11

0.64 [0.32]

0.90 [0.26]

0.84 [0.21]

1.92 [1.61]

12

1.25 [0.43]

0.98 [0.50]

1.16 [0.60]

2.84 [4.54]

13

1.22 [0.37]

2.19 [0.86]

2.30 [1.08]

2.31 [1.52]

14

0.49 [0.09]

0.55 [0.06]

0.76 [0.13]

0.95 [0.26]

15

0.28 [0.09]

0.36 [0.08]

0.56 [0.12]

0.47 [0.12]

16

1.01 [0.25]

1.05 [0.20]

1.43 [0.73]

1.58 [0.76]

17

0.47 [0.16]

0.72 [0.41]

1.26 [1.12]

0.93 [0.45]

  1. Elastance used to separate decay rate is shown in Table 2